Adolescent Literacy. Fact Sheet

Institution	Alliance for Excellent Education, Washington, DC.
Titel	Adolescent Literacy. Fact Sheet
Quelle	(2009), (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Literacy; Grade 8; Grade 4; Reading Achievement; Writing Achievement; Critical Thinking; Thinking Skills; Human Capital; Middle School Students; Secondary School Students; National Competency Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Leseleistung; Kritisches Denken; Denkfähigkeit; Humankapital; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Sekundarschüler
Abstract	Millions of middle and high school students lack the literacy skills--including reading, writing, and critical thinking--that they need to succeed in college and the workplace. According to "The Nation's Report Card" fewer than one third of eighth graders read at a proficient level. Policymakers have directed considerable resources toward improving the skills of the nation's youngest schoolchildren, and higher scores for fourth graders indicate that these investments are paying off. However, similar investments have not been made to support the literacy needs of students in the later grades; thus, academic gains are not being sustained through secondary schooling when students need instruction in advanced literacy skills necessary to succeed with more complex content. As a result, while fourth-grade proficiency rates on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) increased from 1998 through 2007, the percentage of eighth graders who scored at or above "proficient" declined. Unless the nation makes a consistent investment towards delivering comprehensive reading and writing instruction throughout the pre-K-12 grade span, millions of students will continue to leave school unprepared for college, work, and the many demands of adulthood. (Contains 23 endnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10